Liebensraum breeding programs and bunk studies in heredity helps to justify mass sterilizations and genocide; in concentration camps, twisted experiments like Josef Mengele's twin studies masquerade as science and justify all manner of Nazi horrors.
The Messerschmitt 262 Schwalbe becomes the world's first jet engine-powered fighter; Nazi engineers pioneer liquid and rocket-powered aircraft, adding to a list of world firsts.
Hitler was against using chemical weapons on the battlefield, but they still played a role in the Nazi's quest for power; Nazis turned pesticide research on its head with tabun and sarin.
A history of firsts, from the Fritz X, the world's first precision guided weapon deployed during combat, through the iterations of V1 and V2 bombs that rained down during the Blitz.
Far from the front lines, Nazi scientists were tasked with creating the perfect Aryan soldier for the Thousand Year Reich.
In the early days of WWII, German radar stations and systems sprung up along coastlines, harnessing frequencies to help them plot their next move; to secure important weather data, the Nazis sent out ships and erected remote weather stations.
Andrew Mcpherson
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